Title: Flabby Ridge Management Using Paint on Technique - Meticulous Review
Authors: Khurshid A Mattoo, Lakshya Kumar, Shuja Ur Rehman
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i10.88
Abstract
Geriatric patients who become completely edentulous at early age present very often with flabby residual alveolar ridge due to use of multiple complete dentures. Non surgical management of such tissue condition requires a different approach while making definitive impressions. We present a case of a 72 year old patient who presented with a wide area of the flabby maxillary anterior ridge. A paint - on impression technique using a window was used to record the flabby tissue at rest. The principles governing such objectives are discussed mainly in relation to the impression material used and the technique employed.
Keywords: complete edentulism, mucostatic principle, impression theories, window technique.
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